The evening world., 1887-12-21
SURE THAT lie is COHNFELD.
THE ASCENDING MERCHANTS CREDITORS
LOCATE HIM IN CANADA.
The Mysterious Man Hoffman, Who Tried
TO Sell $4,000 Worth Of Government
Bonds In Detroit, Identified as .Isidor
Cohnfeld-Somo of His Creditors Seeking
TO Have the Bonds Attached BY Telegraph.

Bonds In Detroit, Identified as .Isidor
Coh~nfeld-Some of His Creditors Seeking
TO Have the Bonds Attached by Telegraph.
It has been established to the satisfaction
of Isidor Cohnfeld's creditors in this city
that the man calling himself Hoffman, who
yesterday sent a woman over the Canadian
border to Detroit to sell $89, 900 worth of
United States bonds, is none other than the
a%bsconding merchant.
This morning Blumenstiel & Hirsch, re-
presenting several large creditors of Cohn-
field, telegraphed to a lawyer in Windsor,
Ont, who went to the Crawford House,
talked with the so-called Hoffman, and wired
back this description of the man:
About fifty years of age, 8 feet 9 inches
high, broad shouldered, very stout, dark
brown hair, thick mustache and chin beard,
heavy eyebrows, very thick neck and ridge of
surplus flesh above shirt collar"
This is a strikingly exact pen-picture of
Isidor Cohnfeld, the well-known sporting
man and feather merchant and the million
aire owner of Maxey Cobb, Meta Medium
and a score eff equally famous trotters.
Another convincing fact just discovered is
that J..B: Clark, the Toronto b~arrister who
crossed the river with the woman and who
when arrested said that he had been engaged
by HOFFMAN TO sell tn6 DOnQS, Is the same
Clark who was in New York about a month
ago busily engaged in the attempt to con-
ciliate Cohnfeld's creditors and pave the way
for his return to this city.
The news of the attempt of Cohnfeld to re-
aiize money on his bonds caused great ex-
citement among his creditors, and this feel
ing was increased after the receipt of the
c~onfirmatory telegram.
From what was let drop this morning in
Blumenstiel & Hirsch's Office it is evident
that there will he n hot fiUbt maHa from thic
city for the possession of the $39, 900 worth
of hypothecated bonds which frankie Olson
took to Detroit.
The National Park Bank, the Central Ma
tional Bank, Sciama d Co, and George III.
Llchtenheim have already telegraphed to
Detroit to have the bonds attached. 1t isnot
known yet which of the parties got there
ahead.
George H. Lichtenheim is an old -estab-
lished New York merchant who claims to
have been nearly ruined by the absconding
merchant. He feels very sore against Cohn-
field and would proceed against him both
came within the Jurisdiction of the United
States courts.
Mr.. Lichtenheim was seen by q World re-
porter this morning at his lawyers Office, No.
800 Broadway. He, with many other cred
itors. had been stirred up by the news of the
seizure of the bonds, and was busily engaged
solving the problem of how to get hold Of
them. z
III olu tne reporter Uue history OF MS claim
Of $l2o, 900 against Cohnfeld as follows:
I'm July, 1886, Mr.. Cohnfeld Jane to me
and said that he was temporarily in need of
money. He said that he was nevertheless a
very wealthy man and showed me a balance
sheet showing $7OO, 900 in his favor.
He said further that his affairs were In o
very prosperous condition, and that the
money would be perfectly safe. He wanted
1000, which he said he would secure by a
mortgage on the building that he had just
erected at 106 Blocker street at o cost of
$425, 900, and on which there was O first
90! sold s65, 900 worth of United States
bonds which l had in the hands of a trust
company, and lent Mr.. Cohnfeld $40, 900.
Mr.. Cohnfeld, at the time that the mort
gage was made, begged me not to record it.
He said that it would cause considerable re-
mark and inquiry, would excite public curl
credit. He promised me that I should be
protected in any event. I therefore did not
record the mortgage.
Besides the $40, 900, I Endorsed Cohn-
fields notes to the amount. of $50, 900, always
relying on his statement that he was solvent.
On Oct. "a of this year l discovered, to
my, amusement, that Cohnfeld had
sold, the Blocker street property to
Of the first mortgage. He had taken advan-
tage of my not having recorded my mortgage
to cheat me out of my $4,000 and interest.
II is an act of larceny and that is why he
~ know that Mr.. Cohnfeld left the city
with from 1927. 900 to $3.50. 900 in cash and
convertible bonds. He had a number of ten
thousand dollar notes and q large sum in
United States bonds. The bonds seized in
Detroit yesterday are no doubt part Of those
which he carried Off"
Julius ]. Frank. the assignee of Cohnfeld's
estate, says he has not heard from his client
for more than O week. His last address was
in Toronto, and Mr.. Frank has not been ad-
yiBed of his leaving there.
The illusions made in some papers to Mr..
Cohnfeld's I" wife " amuse some of his credi-
tors. Mr.. Cohnfeld was left a widower nine
years ago. He has not married since, SO far
as known, and the lady who travels with him
is described differently at different points OF
his wandering journey.